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Mário Figueiredo

@marfig.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor of ECE and Feedzai Professor of machine learning @istecnico.bsky.social. Professor, photographer, music lover, curious about almost everything.

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ELLIS unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
💬The upcoming AI for Good Webinar Series - with @marfig.bsky.social ( @istecnico.bsky.social) and Arnout Devos (@ellis.eu, @eth-ai-center.bsky.social) on "The why of AI: Uncovering cause and effect in observational data" 📅 Wed, Feb 18th 🕓 16:00-17:00 CET 🔗Register: aiforgood.itu.int/event/the-wh...
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The why of AI: Uncovering cause and effect in observational data
Modern machine learning excels at identifying correlations. However, to make a real impact, we must understand causality, the “why” behind the data, and
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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 21/07/2025
From July 19–25, ~140 international Master’s and PhD students join the @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social 🇵🇹 Machine Learning Summer School for a week of NLP-focused lectures, posters, and hands-on sessions, led by top international speakers. Held at @istecnico.bsky.social 🔗 lxmls.it.pt/2025/index.h...
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Ben Recht @beenwrekt.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Fully open machine learning requires not only GPU access but a community commitment to openness. (Some nostalgic lessons from the ImageNet decade.)
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An open mindset
The commitments required for fully open source machine learning
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Johan Larsson @jolars.co · 18/03/2025
Excited to be part of the Cramér Society’s virtual mini-conference next Monday (13:00–16:00), alongside @marfig.bsky.social, @mathurinmassias.bsky.social, @mansmag.bsky.social, and Ulrike Schneider! Hope you’ll join us! statistikframjandet.se/cramersallsk... #statsky #statistics
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Mini-conference on "Optimization and algorithms in sparse regression" | Statistikfrämjandet
This years winner of the Cramér prize for best doctoral thesis in statistics/mathematical statistics is Johan Larsson (LU), with his thesis Optimizatio ...
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Instituto Superior Técnico @istecnico.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
“Simple portable quantum key distribution for science outreach”, authored by Técnico researchers, features on the front cover of the 1st edition of the 2025 American Journal of Physics. 🔗 Full article: tinyurl.com/y73spxhk #TécnicoLisboa #ULisboa
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André Martins @andre-t-martins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Our upcoming #AISTATS2025 paper is out: “Sparse Activations as Conformal Predictors” with Margarida Campos, João Calém, Sophia Sklaviadis, and @marfig.bsky.social: arxiv.org/abs/2502.14773. This paper puts together two lines of research, dynamic sparsity and conformal prediction. 🧵
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ELLIS Unit Lisbon @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
📢 Applications to the 15th Lisbon Machine Learning School 2025 are open! Covering #ML topics such as neural networks, transformers, causality, vision & language. 📅 Dates: 19th - 25th of July 🔗 more info: lxmls.it.pt/2025/index.h... 🔗 apply by 28th April here: tinyurl.com/mre5as8f
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
@andre-t-martins.bsky.social talking about multilingual LLMs at the @priberam.bsky.social Machine Learning Lunch Seminar in @istecnico.bsky.social, @ellisunitlisbon.bsky.social
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Alex Figueiredo @alexfig.eurosky.social · 13/02/2025
check out our new paper in ISME! if you're a microbe, is it about who you are or how you get along with others? Find out! 👇
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I am honored (and thankful for the invitation) to be a keynote speaker at GSI'25. www.linkedin.com/posts/barbar...
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Frédéric Barbaresco on LinkedIn: SEE GSI'25 "Geometric Science of Information" Keynote speakers Mario…
SEE GSI'25 "Geometric Science of Information" Keynote speakers Mario Figueiredo Instituto de Telecomunicações and Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de…
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Agradável conversa sobre IA, com o Carlos Fiolhais e o Gonçalo M. Tavares, a quem agradeço o convite, no programa Astrolábio do canal Now. www.nowcanal.pt/programas/as...
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The bigotry and white supremacy is right out there in the open, impossible to ignore for anyone paying attention. A lot of people are revealing a lot about themselves by supporting this.
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
My beautiful cat thinking about some big idea that she learned from @seanmcarroll.bsky.social's excellent book.
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"...the cognitive equivalent of high-fructose corn syrup." Excellent piece by Neil Lawrence.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Having nonsense views about the dollar and the trade balance: easy. Having nonsense views that are mutually contradictory: that takes talent paulkrugman.substack.com/p/from-exorb...
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From Exorbitant Privilege to Invincible Ignorance
Arithmetic has a well-known globalist bias
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Excellent talk by @alisongopnik.bsky.social at CogSci 2024, after receiving the Rumelhat prize. underline.io/events/465/s...
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
"all use of technology is the exercise of power" Hans Jonas
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Mário Figueiredo @marfig.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The final version of our survey on conformal prediction for NLP has now been published in TACL: direct.mit.edu/tacl/article...
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Conformal Prediction for Natural Language Processing: A Survey
Abstract. The rapid proliferation of large language models and natural language processing (NLP) applications creates a crucial need for uncertainty quantification to mitigate risks such as Hallucinat...
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